Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

International handball competition

The 2003 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the tenth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 14 to 26 July 2003, and was incorporated into the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Participating teams

Groups formed

Preliminary round

Group A

• July 14, 2003

• July 16, 2003

• July 18, 2003

Group B

• July 14, 2003

• July 16, 2003

• July 18, 2003

Group C

• July 14, 2003

• July 16, 2003

• July 18, 2003

Group D

• July 14, 2003

• July 16, 2003

• July 18, 2003

Playoff round

• July 20, 2003

Final round

Quarter finals

• July 22, 2003

Semi finals

• July 24, 2003

Finals

• July 26, 2003 — Bronze Medal Match

• July 26, 2003 — Gold Medal Match

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13th-16th place

• July 20, 2003

• July 22, 2003

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9th-12th place

• July 22, 2003

• July 24, 2003

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5th-8th place

• July 24, 2003

• July 26, 2003

Final ranking

Medalists

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Roberto Calcaterra (ITA)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Denis Sefik (SCG)

• Topscorer

•  Aleksandar Sapic (SCG)

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

External links

• Barcelona 2003 FINA World Championships
• 10th FINA World Championships 2003 FINA Water Polo website
• Men Water Polo X World Championship 2003 Barcelona www.todor66.com